ESE, DDM, OFH, or Grey? (WAS: DDM!Snape the definition)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 162464

> Carol:
. Much as I would like to believe that DD died from
> the poison and Snape cast some other spell disguised as an AK (I do
> think there was an additional nonverbal spell that sent him over the
> battlements, but that's beside the point), his agony is only
> explicable if he really killed Dumbledore against his will, for the
> cause, at the expense of his own soul and everything he had before--a
> comfortable job, the respect of the WW, the trust of the Order
> members, the freedom to go anywhere without fear of Azkaban.

Pippin:
His agony is over what happened to *James*, the person they had
been discussing just before Harry said "Kill me like you killed him,
you coward. " I believe the break between "DON'T" and "CALL
ME A COWARD" is significant. Like Myrtle's "Don't", Snape's is
meant to stand alone; the "CALL ME A COWARD" is play-acting
for the DE's, IMO. 

 How are we going to understand that Snape was truly so remorseful
over James's murder that he not only returned to the good side to forestall
it but took up the dangerous life of a double agent, putting everything
at risk as you said above, if the real issue becomes whether or not he's
truly remorseful that he killed Dumbledore?

There's plenty of dynamic in this version, because this Snape has never
felt that his atonement was sufficient, and Harry is the only one who
can make him see that it is, or tell him what he needs to do to complete
it.

Pippin